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Yes, but you have to tie it to a monopoly product.
They were not found to have a monopoly in either Server operating systems or office suites. That said, they might have enough market share in office suited that they could get in hot water, but I doubt the DOJ or the EU will touch this one. And, even then, they are not tied exactly, you do not have to buy a server when you buy office, you just get added functionality if you choose to buy a server.

But to me, kind of a stupid design. They should make a distributed system so that the files could be shared among desktops without a server. They could even make sure that files were always in at least two places so that a single crash would not lead to lost data.

Anyway, OpenOffice will have have over 10% soon.
Posted by: DonnieBoy   Posted on: 11/05/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Keep swinging, somthing's bound to connect  Chad_z | 11/04/04
And, the other question is how many could get by just fine with OpenOffice?  DonnieBoy | 11/04/04
Actually, the tying of servers and office  James Dean_z | 11/04/04
Please pass the Kool-Aid (nt)  Plain Logic | 11/04/04
More press releases, no products  Richard Flude | 11/04/04
Office apps to milk everyone  crocd | 11/05/04
Agree  dgnatek_z | 11/05/04
Antitrust  Roger Ramjet | 11/05/04
The DOJ will surely come down hard on them!  Jeff Spicoli | 11/05/04
Yes, but you have to tie it to a monopoly product.  DonnieBoy | 11/05/04
Exactly  Roger Ramjet | 11/05/04
Not at all..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/04
You are right Ax  Roger Ramjet | 11/05/04
It only serves a specific niche.  htotten | 11/05/04

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